Growing Pains.
I don't think I've ever experienced "Growing Pains". I don’t recall ever complaining about my bones hurting. Only thing I do remember about the transitional period of my adolescence too early teen is my voice drastically changing, which at the time, seemed to have occurred at an extremely slow rate. Yet, I've always heard the term "Growing Pains" as if it were a normal occurrence. As if it happened more often than not. So I got to thinking as I usually do, and came up with this:
They meant "Emotional Growing Pains". Silly me.
And that I can assure you I've.. felt... plenty.
How many times have I hurt my head hitting the same damn "wall" because I thought eventually the "wall" would be the one hurt if I hit it enough? Even though the "wall" didn't do anything to me nor deserve to be hurt. I kept doing it. To this day I seem to commit the same errors I did when I was younger. One of the things I've learned about myself is that I am not a person who learns from others experiences. And don't seem to learn from my own either.
You know that quote that says "it doesn't matter how many times you fall, it matters how many times you get back up again"? Well my version goes like this:
It doesn’t matter how many times I fall, because I'm going to keep falling no matter what.
But that seems to be a bit melodramatic, so how about this one:
I learn best when I fall and I learn most when I fall again.
Yea that one’s better.
So to me, the term "Growing Pains" has several meanings. It can mean pain from physically growing (puberty). It can mean growing from physical pain (body building). Or it can mean growth from emotional pain (everything). I've experienced two out of the three. In which one out of the two, I've given up on (body building).
All this leads us to my point.
I have a really hard time learning from my mistakes. This is mainly due to the fact that at the time of my mistake I don't acknowledge it as such. It isn't until I look back after the emotion has gone away that I realize the error. But have I grown? Yea. Plenty, actually. Enough? Maybe. Not quite sure. All I do know is that those "Growing Pains" don't stop right after puberty ends. It's until you die. And the sooner we all realize the lesson from the pain, well then maybe... Just maybe... We can start to grow.
Till next time gang.
They meant "Emotional Growing Pains". Silly me.
And that I can assure you I've.. felt... plenty.
How many times have I hurt my head hitting the same damn "wall" because I thought eventually the "wall" would be the one hurt if I hit it enough? Even though the "wall" didn't do anything to me nor deserve to be hurt. I kept doing it. To this day I seem to commit the same errors I did when I was younger. One of the things I've learned about myself is that I am not a person who learns from others experiences. And don't seem to learn from my own either.
You know that quote that says "it doesn't matter how many times you fall, it matters how many times you get back up again"? Well my version goes like this:
It doesn’t matter how many times I fall, because I'm going to keep falling no matter what.
But that seems to be a bit melodramatic, so how about this one:
I learn best when I fall and I learn most when I fall again.
Yea that one’s better.
So to me, the term "Growing Pains" has several meanings. It can mean pain from physically growing (puberty). It can mean growing from physical pain (body building). Or it can mean growth from emotional pain (everything). I've experienced two out of the three. In which one out of the two, I've given up on (body building).
All this leads us to my point.
I have a really hard time learning from my mistakes. This is mainly due to the fact that at the time of my mistake I don't acknowledge it as such. It isn't until I look back after the emotion has gone away that I realize the error. But have I grown? Yea. Plenty, actually. Enough? Maybe. Not quite sure. All I do know is that those "Growing Pains" don't stop right after puberty ends. It's until you die. And the sooner we all realize the lesson from the pain, well then maybe... Just maybe... We can start to grow.
Till next time gang.
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